"Same Love"
When I was in the third grade I thought
that I was gay,
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept
my room straight.
I
told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like "Ben you've loved girls since
before pre-k, trippin'."
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
I
remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league."
A
preconceived idea of what it all meant
For
those that liked the same sex
Had
the characteristics
The
right wing conservatives think it's a decision
And
you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made rewiring of a predisposition
Playing God, aw nah here we go
And
"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten
But
we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
I
don't know
And I can't change
Even
if I tried
Even
if I wanted to
And
I can't change
Even
if I tried
Even
if I wanted to
My
love
My
love
My
love
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates
me
Have
you read the YouTube comments lately?
"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on
the daily
We
become so numb to what we're saying
A
culture founded from oppression
Yet
we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call
each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A
word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
Gay
is synonymous with the lesser
It's
the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your
pigment
The
same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
It's
human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
Live
on and be yourself
When
I was at church they taught me something else
If
you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
That
holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When
everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had
their rights stolen
I
might not be the same, but that's not important
No
freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it
(I don't know)
And I can't change
Even
if I tried
Even
if I wanted to
My
love
My
love
My
love
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
We press play, don't press pause
Progress, march on
With
the veil over our eyes
We
turn our back on the cause
'Til
the day that my uncles can be united by law
When
kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
A
world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
And
a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
But
it's a damn good place to start
No
law is gonna change us
We
have to change us
Whatever God you believe in
We
come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love
About time that we raised up... sex
And I can't change
Even
if I tried
Even
if I wanted to
And
I can't change
Even
if I tried
Even
if I wanted to
My
love
My
love
My
love
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
She
keeps me warm
Love is patient
Love
is kind
Love
is patient
Love
is kind
(not
crying on Sundays)
Love
is patient
(not
crying on Sundays)
Love
is kind
(I'm
not crying on Sundays)
Love
is patient
(not
crying on Sundays)
Love
is kind
(I'm
not crying on Sundays)
Love
is patient
(not
crying on Sundays)
Love
is kind
(I'm
not crying on Sundays)
Love
is patient
Love
is kind
"Same Love" is the fourth single
released by Seattle-based hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis from their 2012
debut studio album, The Heist. The track, featuring vocals by Mary Lambert,
talks about the issue of gay and lesbian rights and was recorded during the
campaign for Washington Referendum 74, which, upon approval in 2012, legalized
Same-sex marriage in
The song was featured as a part of
YouTube's Pride Week.
Rik shared
this ▼ video on Face Book and that is why I got the idea to post it. Thank you,
Rik.
A video
Created as the closing act for Mardi Gras 2014. The song was performed Live By
Adam George, Nathan Mahon and Marcia Hines, here is used the original track By
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis "Same Love"
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